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Psalms 57:4
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down with those who devour men. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongues are sharp swords.
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Psalms 3:7
Rise up, Lord! Save me, my God! You strike all my enemies on the cheek; You break the teeth of the wicked.
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Job 29:17
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
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Psalms 14:4
Will evildoers never understand? They consume My people as they consume bread; they do not call on the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
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Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
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Psalms 12:5
“ Because of the oppression of the afflicted and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up,” says the Lord.“ I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
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Psalms 58:6
God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.
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Psalms 10:8-9
He waits in ambush near the villages; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize the afflicted; he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.
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Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Revelation 9:8
they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;
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Amos 2:7
They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and block the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning My holy name.
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Psalms 52:2
Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
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Isaiah 32:7
The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies, even when the poor says what is right.
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Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands,“ Bring us something to drink.”
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James 5:1-4
Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten.Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
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Habakkuk 3:14
You pierce his head with his own spears; his warriors storm out to scatter us, gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
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Zephaniah 3:3
The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
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Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich— both lead only to poverty.
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Daniel 7:5-7
“ Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘ Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’“ While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads and was given authority to rule.“ While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.
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Proverbs 28:3
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
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Micah 3:1-5
Then I said,“ Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”Then they will cry out to the Lord, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.